Stranded on planet zod by Pixelipy
Genre: Metroidvania
Your fuel cell got damaged and you got stranded in a strange planet. But wait, there's a signal coming from the depths of this planet. Maybe there's hope.



<< Bug Fixes / Corrections as allowed in the rules >>
- Fixed jetpack sound playing without a jetpack
- Changed: From "backpack" to "jetpack" (yeah, english bugs)
- Changed: From "RMB" to "LMB" in the menu
- Fixed: The weird line thingy that would appear randomly between sprites
- The UI now updates correctly
- Fixed a map warp point (in the first map to the left)
- The mouse hovering now works on the menu
| Link | https://pixelipy.itch.io/stranded-in-planet-zod |
| Link | https://pixelipy.itch.io/stranded-in-planet-zod |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/stranded-on-planet-zod |
Ratings
| Overall | 620th | 3.684⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 263th | 3.842⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1485th | 2.778⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1267th | 3.361⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 950th | 3.65⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 241th | 3.921⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 1166th | 2.353⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 382th | 3.917⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 8🗳️ | 10🗨️ |
Shooting behind is not possible, and I don't know if it's voluntary or not, but it doesn't feel intuitive.
If you did it all by yourself, congrats, the graphics are pretty cool!
I'll start with the small negative points:
- I find the realistic gun sound a bit weird in the universe
- I find the realistic backgrounds a bit weird too compared to the rest which is cartoon, the background with the stars is a bit too bright, the stars should be less clear because the background is more contrasted than the game plan.
- There is a small bug: when you take gems in a zone, the score restarts from 0.
- There are a few apparent lines due to the sprites I think.
These are really minor things actually.
There are a looot of good things: the controls are nice, there are several types of enemies, there are cool abilities to find, there is a storyline. I like the squishy character and enemy animations and I really like all the feedback and VFX. The music adds a lot to the atmosphere. In short, the game is super complete with a lot of content and without bugs, top! 👌
I love how bouncy the animation is! Movement with the jetpack was really fun. Also the fog and lighting really delivers on the atmosphere. Good job!
@pixelipy Rlx, I believe that the game is well polished and what happened to me must have been something very rare ehhehee I was looking for secret passages >.< Going towards the walls to see if there were any false ones.
There seems to be something wrong with the jump sound (I think it's just playing the jetpack sound for a fraction of second). I was also confused by the red blocks which looked like lava so I floated above them (since jetpack is unlimited) until I saw enemies walking on it. Also the main menu incorrectly says RMB to shoot (it's LMB).
Tiny bug i found was there is no ceiling on the start level, so you can fly up and up forever haha but thats all :spy: good job!

Even though really nice entry! Enemies could have been a little more difficult in my opinion but that's just the icing on the cake :wink:
Very nice job here! You really nailed the Metroidvania aesthetic here. I weirdly loved how the jetpack didn't have any cap on it. Would be interesting to see how levels could be designed to better accommodate that so I'm not able to just Kirby around the map :smile:
Really awesome job here!